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SUMMARY:Abolition and Liberation Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Weekly 6-8pm on Tuesdays: 11th\, 18th\, 25th June & 2nd July \n\n\n\n‘Abolition’ describes an outlook towards the world that works to dismantle systems of oppression that maintain and perpetrate forms of injustice. Contemporary abolitionists argue that prisons and the police (among other institutions) are key mechanisms of anti-black\, racist\, classist\, ableist\, trans- and queerphobic oppression. Abolitionists claim that dismantling these systems an essential component of liberation struggles; and propose alternative ways of organising the world and living our lives to address the issues that these systems claim to solve. We draw from long histories of resistance to oppression to ground our ideas. \n\n\n\nThis reading group will read and discuss a mix of essays and books on these subjects. We will look at recent texts addressing these issues from feminist\, queer and trans perspectives. We will focus on thinking about the intersections of gender\, sexuality and race with carceral systems\, along with ‘deviant’\, wayward\, and collective approaches to resistance and to supporting people affected by such systems. \n\n\n\nThis material requires being open to learning. All are welcome\, no matter your knowledge or experience of abolition. \n\n\n\nAbout Nat\n\n\n\nNat Raha is a poet and activist-scholar. She’s organised with a number of queer and trans collectives\, including Edinburgh Action for Trans Health and MATE (Mutual Aid Trans Edinburgh). She co-edits Radical Transfeminism zine with Mijke van der Drift\, who together are co-authors of Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds (Pluto Press\, forthcoming 2024). \n\n\n\nBooking information\n\n\n\n\nBook your free ticket\n\n\n\n\nBooking in advance is essential. Your booking covers all four sessions to allow the group to get to know each other. Places are limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \n\n\n\nPreparation\n\n\n\nThis material requires being open to learning. All are welcome\, no matter your knowledge or experience of abolition. We will send  \n\n\n\nVenue & Accessibility\n\n\n\nThe sessions are located at the archive in Edinburgh Palette. Visit our accessibility page for information on how to get to us on public transport and by car\, along with access information. \n\n\n\nAny other questions\n\n\n\nPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk 
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/abolition-4
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SUMMARY:LGBT Youth Scotland Storytelling Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Come and join LGBT Youth Scotland and add your voice to the (Un)seen\, (Un)heard archive – a first of it’s kind collection that aims to capture the lived experience of young (and formerly young) LGBTQ+ people in Scotland today.  \n\n\n\n5pm – 6pm: We will run an informal drop in session between 5-6pm\, where you can write\, draw or record your own experiences using prompts aimed to explore your own personal experiences.  \n\n\n\n6pm – 7pm: From 6-7pm we will run a longer storytelling/ oral history workshop where you can share your experiences as a group. All stories will be collected and preserved as part of the (Un)seen\, (Un)heard collection at the National Library of Scotland. \n\n\n\n\nBook your free ticket\n\n\n\n\nBooking informationBooking in advance is essential. Places are free and limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \n\n\n\nVenue & AccessibilityThe sessions are located at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. There is information on how to get to us on public transport and by car\, along with access information\, on our location & accessibility page. \n\n\n\nAny other questionsPlease email our us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook your free ticket
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/lgbtys-storytelling
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SUMMARY:The A Team: discussion group
DESCRIPTION:Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June\, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings on Saturday 13th July\, 27th July and 10th August. \n\n\n\nJoin our small group for tea\, books\, and discussion to share ace and aro media in a welcoming space. All ace\, aro and questioning people are very welcome! \n\n\n\n\nBook your ticket\n\n\n\n\nHealth and safety information \n\n\n\nIn order to make the event safe for our immunocompromised attendees\, we ask that all attendees take a lateral flow test on the day of the workshop and wear a FFP2 or FFP3 mask unless disability prevents this. Lateral flow tests and masks can be provided upon request. The workshop space will be cleaned before the workshop begins\, hand sanitiser will be provided\, windows will be opened and there will be an air purifier on for the duration of the workshop. \n\n\n\nBooking informationBooking in advance is essential. Places are free and limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \n\n\n\nVenue & AccessibilityThe sessions are located at the archive in Edinburgh Palette. There is information on how to get to us on public transport and by car\, along with access information\, on our location & accessibility page. \n\n\n\nAny other questionsPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk.
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/a-team-group-1
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SUMMARY:Queer Memory with Andrés N. Ordorica
DESCRIPTION:Doors: 6.30pmEvent: 7-8pm \n\n\n\nJoin Lavender Menace for an in-person conversation with the wonderful Andrés N. Ordorica. We are excited to discuss his poetry and much-anticipated debut novel How We Named the Stars while exploring themes of in-betweenness in queer history\, memory\, and the archive. \n\n\n\nAndrés N. Ordorica is a queer Latinx writer based in Edinburgh. Drawing on his family’s immigrant history and third culture upbringing\, his writing maps the journey of diaspora and unpacks what it means to be from ni de aquí\, ni de allá (neither here\, nor there). He is the author of the poetry collection At Least This I Know and novel How We Named the Stars. He has been shortlisted for the Morley Lit Prize\, the Mo Siewcharran Prize and the Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of The Year. In 2024\, he was selected as one of The Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Alejandro Escalante an ethnographer interested in the performances of gender and race\, and their co-imbrications. His work draws from Black studies\, Caribbean theory and philosophy\, and queer theory to trace the various ways we make\, re-make\, and can unmake ourselves. Aspects of this research have been published in Transgender Studies Quarterly\, the Journal of Africana Religions\, and a forthcoming chapter\, “Playful Masculinity” in Religion in the Americas: Transcultural and Trans-hemispheric Approaches (University of New Mexico Press). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking informationBooking in advance is essential. Places are free and limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \n\n\n\nVenue & AccessibilityThe sessions are located at the archive in Edinburgh Palette. There is information on how to get to us on public transport and by car\, along with access information\, on our location & accessibility page. \n\n\n\nAny other questionsPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk \n\n\n\n\nBook your free ticket
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/queer-memory-with-andres-n-ordorica
LOCATION:Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive\, Edinburgh Palette\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH7 6AE
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SUMMARY:The A Team: discussion group
DESCRIPTION:Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June\, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings on Saturday 13th July\, 27th July and 17th August. \n\n\n\nJoin our small group for tea\, books\, and discussion to share ace and aro media in a welcoming space. All ace\, aro and questioning people are very welcome! \n\n\n\nOn 27th July\, we’re discussing relationship anarchy.  \n\n\n\nCasey Tanner defines relationship anarchy as “an approach to relationships that invites us to challenge the notion that love is valid only if it occurs between two people in a monogamous\, committed relationship. […] Rather than applying a relationship style to your connection because you think you should\, RA emphasizes custom-tailoring each relationship based on the needs of those involved.” \n\n\n\n\nBook your ticket\n\n\n\n\nHealth and safety information \n\n\n\nIn order to make the event safe for our immunocompromised attendees\, we ask that all attendees take a lateral flow test on the day of the workshop and wear a FFP2 or FFP3 mask unless disability prevents this. Lateral flow tests and masks can be provided upon request. The workshop space will be cleaned before the workshop begins\, hand sanitiser will be provided\, windows will be opened and there will be an air purifier on for the duration of the workshop. \n\n\n\nBooking informationBooking in advance is essential. Places are free and limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \n\n\n\nVenue & AccessibilityThe sessions are located at the archive in Edinburgh Palette. There is information on how to get to us on public transport and by car\, along with access information\, on our location & accessibility page. \n\n\n\nAny other questionsPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk.
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